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ISSN 1328-8091 Warning: All viewers of this digest are advised to visit the disclaimer appearing at the end of this document. The disclaimer sets out the status and purpose of the digest. BILLS DIGEST NO. 101, 2016-17 26 MAY 2017 Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 Damon Muller Politics

ISSN 1328-8091 Warning: All viewers of this digest are advised to visit the disclaimer appearing at the end of this document. The disclaimer sets out the status and purpose of the digest. BILLS DIGEST NO. 96, 2015-16 1 MARCH 2016 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Damon Muller Politics and Public

Known unknowns about the same sex marriage survey aph.gov.au /About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2017/August/Known_u nknowns_about_the_same_sex_marriage_survey Posted 11/08/2017 by Damon Muller Following its failure to reintroduce the Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 to the Senate Notice Paper, the Government has directed the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to conduct a survey of all electors ‘about

The departures continue: constitutional disqualification from Parliament aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/201 7/July/Constitutional_disqualification_from_Parliament Posted 21/07/2017 by Damon Muller Western Australian Green Scott Ludlam and Queensland Green Larissa Waters are now the third and fourth senators to have left the Senate since the last election due to ineligibility. Prior to the current term of Parliament,

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2017-18 10 JULY 2017 Election funding and disclosure in Australia: a quick guide to recent reforms and current issues Dr Damon Muller Politics and Public Administration Section Overview The Australian federal political funding and disclosure system has two main components: â¢ a disclosure scheme including

Mini-Redistributions: Representational Russian Roulette Posted 04/07/2017 by Damon Muller A recent newspaper article suggests that the Prime Minister might be forced to call an early election in August or September 2018, however the recent release of the population estimates from the Census may complicate this. Under the Commonwealth Electoral Act

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2016-17 30 JUNE 2017 Double, double toil and trouble: the 2016 federal election Dr Damon Muller Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary â¢ The Coalition, led by Malcolm Turnbull, was returned at the election with 76 seats and a slim majority of one in

The 2017 UK general election and possible Conservatives/DUP arrangements Posted 21/06/2017 by Damon Muller On Thursday 8 June 2017 the United Kingdom went to the polls for the third time in as many years. Prime Minister Theresa May, who assumed the prime ministership in July 2016 following the resignation of

Bob Day found to be incapable of being chosen as a senator Posted 07/04/2017 by Damon Muller On 5 April 2017 the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, handed down its decision in Re Day [No 2] [2017], HCA 14 regarding former South Australian Family First Senator

Foreign political donations Milleflore Images/Shutterstock.com Posted 06/09/2016 by Damon Muller Recently the subject of political donations from foreign interests has received considerable attention. The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (CEA) regulates donations to political parties and candidates. It does not distinguish between donors from Australia or overseas, or (effectively) between donors

July 17, 2015 Rotation of senators - Parliament of Australia aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2016/September/Rot ation_of_senators Posted 06/09/2016 by Damon Muller Following a double dissolution election, section 13 of the Australian Constitution states that the Senate must decide which of the senators will serve a full six-year term and which will serve a three-year

2 PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY BRIEFING BOOK | KEY ISSUES FOR THE 45TH PARLIAMENT The 2016 federal election Dr Damon Muller, Politics and Public Administration The 2016 federal election returned the Coalition government with a much reduced majority of, at the time of writing, 76 seats in the 150 seat House of

6 PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY BRIEFING BOOK | KEY ISSUES FOR THE 45TH PARLIAMENT Senate voting reform and the 2016 Senate election Dr Damon Muller, Politics and Public Administration The 2016 Senate election was distinctive in a number of ways:  the election was the first to be held after reforms to

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2016-17 5 JULY 2016 2014 Victorian state election Dr Damon Muller and Brenton Holmes Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary â¢ On 29 November 2014, Victorian electors went to the polls for the Victorian 2014 state election and elected Labor, bringing the Coalition Government’s

July 17, 2015 (Almost) everything you need to know about double dissolution elections Posted 29/04/2016 by Damon Muller Following the Senate’s rejection of the Building and Construction Industry bills on 18 April 2016, the Prime Minister announced on 19 April that he intended to advise the Governor-General to dissolve both